Bulldogs shut down Sardis in county semifinals
By Shannon J. Allen/Sand Mountain Reporter
No. 6 seed Gaston High stunned No. 2 Sardis, 46-34, on Thursday (Jan. 16) in the varsity boys semifinals of the Etowah County high school basketball tournament at Gadsden State’s Beck Field House.
The Bulldogs (8-12) meet Class 4A, No. 5 Hokes Bluff in the finals on Friday.
The Lions, who suffered its
Lady Panthers hold off Glencoe, advance to county tournament championship game
By Chris McCarthy/Editor If the lowest-seeded team in the field is not expected to make much of a showing at a basketball tournament, no one bothered to inform the Southside High girls. Perhaps it was a case of a youthful team lacking enough experience to have case of the nerves, but the sixth-seeded Lady […]
Local teams ranked in Jan. 15 ASWA high school basketball poll
BOYS
CLASS 6A
1. Carver-Montgomery
2. Blount
3. Mountain Brook
4. Theodore
5. Lee-Huntsville
6. Tuscaloosa Co.
7. Grissom
8. Albertville
9. Dothan
10. McGill-Toolen
CLASS 5A
1. Wenonah
2. Sumter Central
3. Faith Academy
4. Athens
5. Parker
6. Ramsay
7. Columbia
8. LeFlore
9. Paul Bryant
10. Central-Tuscaloosa
CLASS 4A
1. J.O. Johnson
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Alabama Week 1 Recap
Alabama has been inconsistent all season, and that hasn’t changed during conference play. The Crimson Tide knocked off Mississippi State at home but also lost to Georgia on the road. Alabama looks like a NIT team right now but has a chance to pick up two signature wins this week. The Crimson Tide plays at Missouri on
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Legal notices for the week of Jan. 17 – Jan. 23, 2014
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House Minority Leader Craig Ford’s response to the State of the State Address
I am proud to represent the people of Etowah County in the Alabama House of Representatives. On Jan. 14, I had the honor of giving the Democratic response to Gov. Bentley’s State of the State address.
We heard the governor talk about the condition of our state.
And to his credit, the governor and his administration have had to deal with some
Mack Commins – Part 1 of 2
The Vagabond recently received a call from State of Alabama Historic Commission archeologist Stacye Hathorn.
She was going to visit the old Sixth Street Cemetery in Gadsden and asked if I would come along. Stacye was checking on the status of the cemetery where a cleanup had been done.
Also called the Southern Hills Cemetery, Sixth Street Cemetery was a black cemetery
Retired headmaster holds court at Westbrook
By Donna Thornton/News Editor
Larry Fuhrman served as headmaster at Westbrook Christian Academy from 1984 to 1988, but he said he’s been involved with the school since it’s start in 1971.
He began teaching a Bible class part time, while he was on the staff at 12th Street Baptist Church, and that’s what he’s doing again now, after retirement, teaching a Bible